基本内容
“高中时我写了一个推理故事，算是家庭作业。故事的名字是《完美的谋杀》。主人公的名字叫McEvoy,后来写《诗人》时我也用了这个名字。16岁时我目睹过一桩犯罪，由此激发了我对犯罪小说和推理故事的兴趣。”
康奈利在弗罗里达大学学习写作时，他的老师是作家哈里·克罗斯。
真实事件通常是康奈利的灵感源泉。《血型拼图》的故事得自康奈利的一个朋友的经历，他的这位朋友通过外科移植手术活了下来，但却总有一种罪恶感，因为知道正是别人的死成就了他的生。这部小说被改编成同名电影，演员阵容包括克林特·伊斯特伍德、安吉里卡·休斯顿等。
“关于我，除了我的书，我不喜欢别人知道得更多。”
1994年迈克尔·康奈利得到了一个对他写作生涯有极大帮助的“红包”。时任美国总统的比尔·克林顿夹着一本《混凝土里的金发女郎》步出华盛顿某家书店，这一幕被拍了下来。康奈利对《今日美国》发表评论说：“六年来我一直在写书，而这是我经历过的最令人颤抖的一刻。”
作品
虚构文学
Harry Bosch 系列
The Black Echo (1992)
The Black Ice (1993)
The Concrete Blonde (1994)
The Last Coyote (1995)
Trunk Music (1997)
Angels Flight (1999)
A Darkness More Than Night (2001) u2013 also featuring Terry McCaleb and Jack McEvoy
City of Bones (2002)
Lost Light (2003)
The Narrows (2004) u2013 also featuring Rachel Walling and references of Terry McCaleb
The Closers (2005)
Echo Park (2006) u2013 also featuring Rachel Walling
The Overlook (2007) u2013 also featuring Rachel Walling
The Brass Verdict (2008) - also featuring Mickey Haller
9 Dragons (2009) - also featuring Mickey Haller
The Reversal (2010) u2013 also featuring Mickey Haller and Rachel Walling
The Drop (2011)
The Black Box (2012)
Mickey Haller 系列
The Lincoln Lawyer (2005)
The Brass Verdict (2008) u2013 featuring Harry Bosch and Jack McEvoy
The Reversal (2010) u2013 also featuring Harry Bosch and Rachel Walling
The Fifth Witness (2011)
Jack McEvoy 系列
The Poet (1996) u2013 featuring Jack McEvoy and Rachel Walling
The Scarecrow (2009) u2013 featuring Jack McEvoy and Rachel Walling
其他小说
Blood Work (1998) u2013 featuring Terry McCaleb
Void Moon (2000) u2013 featuring Cassie Black
Chasing the Dime (2002) u2013 featuring Henry Pierce
编写
The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 (2003) u2013 collected short stories.
Murder In Vegas (2005) u2013 collected short stories.
The Blue Religion (2008) u2013 collected short stories.
In the Shadow of the Master (2009) u2013 collected short stories by Edgar Allan Poe re-written by current mystery writers including Sue Grafton and Stephen King
短篇故事
"Two-Bagger" u2013 in Murderers' Row (2001) and The Best American Mystery Stories 2002 (2002).
"Cahoots" u2013 in Measures of Poison (2002)
"After Midnight" u2013 in Men from Boys (2003)
"Christmas Even" u2013 in Murder...and All That Jazz (2004); a Harry Bosch story (partner: Jerry Edgar)
"Cielo Azul" u2013 in Dangerous Women (2005); a Harry Bosch and Terry McCaleb story (backstory to A Darkness More than Night)
One story published anonymously in The Secret Society Of Demolition Writers (2005)[2]
"Angle of Investigation" u2013 in Plots with Guns (2005) and The Penguin Book Of Crime Stories (2007) u2013 continuation of The Closers; with Harry Bosch (partner: Kiz Rider)
"Mulholland Dive" u2013 in Los Angeles Noir (2007), Prisoner of Memory (2008), The Best American Mystery Stories (2008), and A Prisoner of Memory and 24 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories (2008)
"Suicide Run" u2013 in Hollywood and Crime (2007); featuring Harry Bosch
"One Dollar Jackpot" u2013 in Dead Man's Hand (2007); featuring Harry Bosch
"Father's Day" u2013 in The Blue Religion (2008), and The Best American Mystery Stories (2009); a Harry Bosch story (partner: Ignacio Ferras)
"Blue and Black" u2013 in Hook, Line & Sinister (2010); a Harry Bosch story, with Rachel Walling
"The Perfect Triangle" u2013 in The Dark End of the Street (2010); a Mickey Haller story
"Blood Washes Off" u2013 in The Rich and the Dead (2011); a Harry Bosch story
"Homicide Special" - in The Drop" (2011); a Harry Bosch story [Exclusively written for copies of The Drop sold in Waterstones stores]
短篇故事集
Angle of Investigation (2011), includes "Christmas Even", "Father's Day", and "Angle of Investigation"[3]
Suicide Run (2011), includes "Suicide Run", "Cielo Azul", and "One Dollar Jackpot"[4]
非虚构书籍
Crime Beat (2006), collected journalism from the Sun-Sentinel and Los Angeles Times
录像片
Level 9 (2001) u2013 co-creator and co-executive producer
荣誉
他已经获得了许多悬疑作家领域的奖项，包括 Edgar Award, Anthony Award, Macavity Award, Los Angeles Times Best Mystery/Thriller Award, Shamus Award, Dilys Award, Nero Award, Barry Award, Audie Award, Ridley Award, Maltese Falcon Award (日本), 38 Caliber Award (法国), Grand Prix Award (法国) 和 Premio Bancarella Award (意大利)。